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Identifier: streetrailwayjo291907newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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SAND-DRYER MADE OF A CAST-IRON PIPE hopper a ^^-in. space has beenleft through which the drysand falls. The rear end ofthe water pipe is built into abrick chimney, and to preventa too vigorous draft, bafflershave been placed in this end ofthe pipe. Sand obtained fromthe bottom of the MississippiRiver is bought from sandcompanies and is thrown di-rectly from the wagons intothe hopper. Trash, old crossties, or any available wood isthrown into the furnace andthen the fire is almost allowedto take care of itself. Thedryer has a capacity of aboutI cu. yd. of sand per hour. Itwas built by A. D. Mc-Whorter, master mechanic ofthe system. PENDULUM PILE DRIVER The Memphis Street Rail-way has just completed a piledriver with 2000-lb. hammerfor use on the system, which will drive a pile at any angle up to 10 degs. on either sideof a vertical position. The driver was designed by A. D. PENDULUM PILE DRIVER, SHOWING ANGLE AT WHICHPILES CAN BE DRIVEN
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PENDULUM PILE DRIVER BUILT IN MEMPHIS STREET RAILWAY SHOPS McWhorter, master mechanic of the system, and was builtin the shops of the company under his supervision. It is March 2, 1907.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 371 constructed on a flat car 32 ft. long and 8 ft. wide. Whenthe driver is not needed for any considerable period of timeit can be removed from the car and the car used for otherpurposes. The leads or guides for the hammer are 22 ft. high, of4-in. X 6-in. pine, with 2-in. x 6-in. oak runners for thehammer, and extend over the end of the car to within 18ins. of the rail. They are supported in such a manner thatwhile the top part is held stationary the lower ends may beswung over a radius block extending the full width of the parts of the cars most frequently damaged so that injuredcars can be gotten out of the shops quickly. All partsof vestibules are kept in stock and a vestibule can be put on a car in about three-quarters of aday. To facilitaterebuilding the carsabout $5,000

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo291907newy
  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:383
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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